Update:Entertainment Weekly has posted an excerpt, in both text format and audio format, read by Vanessa Marshall, who voices Hera on Star Wars: Rebels.

Hitting bookshelves September 2, Star Wars: A New Dawn is hardcover adult novel, set several years before Star Wars: Rebels; written by Kenobi's John Jackson Miller, with cover art by Doug Wheatley. "A New Dawn is a rollicking adventure set in the darkest days of the galaxy, when even the thought of organized resistance to the Empire seems an impossible fantasy. But as our characters find, one doesn't always get to decide when the best time is to act. Set during the Imperial period, A New Dawn explores a variety of topics, including "how the Empire manages to grow so quickly, injecting itself into all spheres of individual life." Star Wars: A New Dawn is the first novel overseen by the Lucasfilm Story Group.